Pendaries Lodge | Rociada

Jean Pendaries moved from France and settled in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He built and operated the Plaza Hotel until 1875 and then sold the hotel and began buying property at Rociada. Originally, he built a saw mill, a grist mill and a homestead. Jean’s daughter married into the Baca family, and they became the patrons of the 5,000 acre Baca ranch.

C.D. (Toad) Leon purchased the ranch in the 1950s and began breeding Appaloosa horses. He was later credited with reviving the breed’s popularity. His energy and conviviality, along with his legendary horse auctions, attracted visitors to the area. He designed and built a private 12-hole golf course to entertain friends. Several friends expressed a desire to live in the area so Leon platted Pendaries Village so they could build vacation homes. The present community of over 230 homes evolved from there, many with year-round residents. Today, the community-owned resort facilities offer outstanding value to property owners. Homes and home sites are available, many with spectacular mountain views and secluded woodland settings. A lodge, vacation rentals, RV park, second home or primary home, Pendaries is a sanctuary tucked in the foothills of the Rockies.

In addition to abundant wildlife, Pendaries residents and guests enjoy an active outdoor life, including a challenging 18-hole, high elevation public golf course.

Before or after an invigorating round of golf, breakfast, lunch, and cocktails can be enjoyed on the open-air covered patio of the clubhouse overlooking the first fairway with its views of the distant mountains. The Pendaries Golf Course along with the Pro Shop, 19th Hole Snack Bar, and driving range are open from late April to mid-October.

The 18-room lodge is close to the golf course. Each room includes either a front or rear deck area for enjoying the surrounding forest and views. And if you just can’t quite break away completely from the rat race, each room has free Wi-Fi and satellite TV. Three of the rooms are pet-friendly to accommodate furry companions. Also, Pendaries has private mountain homes available to rent for families and larger groups.

With an average daily temperature of 75 degrees, Pendaries is the perfect getaway from the summer heat. Pendaries also offers resort amenities such as Yoga classes and personal massages. Current schedule and rate information is available at the Lodge office.

If you are traveling with an RV, the Pendaries RV Park is located across from Pendaries Village’s main entrance on NM105. This privately owned facility has 50 spacious full hook-up sites and two lovely cottages available. Please call (505) 454-8304 for information or go to www.pendariesrvpark.com.

Pendaries also has facilities and services for holding catered special events like private parties, family reunions, receptions, conferences, retreats, and artist workshops. And small wedding ceremonies can be held in the charming old log chapel.

Hiking on Pendaries Village roads, national forest roads, and lightly traveled county roads take you along streams, spring-to-fall wildflowers, and varied habitat for birds and wildlife. Longer trails go to Lost Lake, Upper Maestas Canyon, Lone Pine Mesa, Skyline Ridge and, most challenging of all, Gascon Point at 11,600’.

Biking on the paved and good gravel roads that extend into Maestas, Gascon, and Sapello Canyons is a great way to see the beauty of the area’s historic chapels, homes, ranches, and vistas.

There is a private Class A fishing pond at Pendaries. The 1.5 acre Spring Lake is stocked each spring with trout, bass, and bluegill. Residents and registered guests can try their luck fishing on the banks of the lake. Purchase passes from the lodge.

Pendaries Village schedules outdoor concerts, art shows, farmers’ markets, and other special community and holiday events throughout the year. The Community Center hosts community events, such as meetings, workshops, classes, and art shows.

Pendaries is located only half an hour north from Las Vegas, New Mexico. Both Santa Fe and Taos are only an hour and a half away, offering additional sightseeing, shopping, and skiing destinations in the area.

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The Zia sun is seen everywhere, from commercial planes flown across the United States to tattoos proudly displayed as a badge of honor. It has become an international icon, associated

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The Zia sun is seen everywhere, from commercial planes flown across the United States to tattoos proudly displayed as a badge of honor. It has become an international icon, associated with the pride and prestige of the state of New Mexico. The Zia sun is seen everywhere, from commercial planes flown across the United States to tattoos proudly displayed. Yet, do we know the true origin of the Zia symbol and its original meaning? This exhibit will take you through the journey of the symbol’s origin in Zia Pueblo to its commodification that continues to grow in popularity, analyzing the question of ownership.

“Because the Zia sun has become a symbol of community and identity, we want to invite everyone to be involved,” says IPCC’s Curator of Exhibitions, Rachel Moore (Hopi). “We want the community to share their images and objects and be part of the exhibit, then come see it and learn more about this symbol that holds such great importance to our Pueblo people.”

People who want to contribute photos can submit their entries at www.IndianPueblo.org/OurZia or by using #OurZia when posting to Instagram or Facebook. Submissions of Physical objects is now closed.

For more information, or to inquire about lending an object, please contact Rachel Moore at rmoore@indianpueblo.org or (505) 724-3564.

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Established in 1712, this year Santa Fe will proudly celebrate 306 years of community and a spirit of inclusiveness at Fiestas de Santa Fe. The Santa

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Established in 1712, this year Santa Fe will proudly celebrate 306 years of community and a spirit of inclusiveness at Fiestas de Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Fiesta Council invites people from all backgrounds to celebrate historic Santa Fe culture with positive and progressive events meant to highlight the abundance of northern New Mexico cultura!

Viva la Fiesta

The cry of “Viva la Fiesta” has been reverberating through the streets of Old Santa Fe every autumn for 306 years. The sound generates a curious blend of thanksgiving, revelry and pride in the hearts of Santa Feans who celebrate Fiestas de Santa Fe annually to commemorate Don Diego De Vargas’ reoccupation of the City of Holy Faith in 1692.

Santa Fe, the historic capital, is one of the oldest in the United States. Don Juan de Oñate established the initial Spanish settlement in San Gabriel in 1598. He moved 30 miles south to the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to found Santa Fe in 1610. However, the Puebloans united to drive the Spanish from the province in 1680. They burned the city and drove the Spanish colonists south. The colonists fled to Guadalupe del Paso, now Juarez, Mexico. However, they rescued the 29-inch wood carved Marian statue, La Conquistadora, from the burning church. The relic was originally brought to Santa Fe in 1625 by the illustrious missionary, Fray Alonso de Benavides.

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We are hard at work preparing for for my 17th Annual Big Barn Dance Music Festival. This year’s festival will be held September 5th-7th, 2019 in beautiful Kit Carson Park in

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From Michael

We are hard at work preparing for for my 17th Annual Big Barn Dance Music Festival. This year’s festival will be held September 5th-7th, 2019 in beautiful Kit Carson Park in the heart of Taos.

Nestled at the feet of the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains, fans can look forward to experiencing some of the best Folk and Americana music around while enjoying the natural beauty that only New Mexico can offer. Within walking distance of the festival grounds, attendees can explore the unique and vibrant culture of Taos through art galleries, local restaurants, and shops. We are honored that the Town of Taos has joined forces with Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance Music Festival.

At this year’s festival we’re hosting a line-up of talent that includes some of the most well-respected names in Country, Americana, and Folk music as well as up-and-coming songwriters who will leave you breathless. Stay tuned for details about other activities including songwriting workshops, dance lessons, art gallery tours, camping and more!

The three day event is a listening room experience in an outdoor festival setting that concludes with the Big Barn Dance. Bring your listening ears along with your dancin’ shoes.

Tickets are on sale now! As always we want to keep the Barn Dance the quality, intimate experience we all know and love. Once we sell out of tickets, we will not sell more at the door, so be sure to get your tickets in advance to ensure your spot in the best listening room and dance hall in New Mexico! Email questions to bigbarndance@hotmail.com

I will be touring throughout Texas, New Mexico and beyond this spring and summer. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter and follow me at facebook.com/michaelhearnemusic for my schedule information.

Hope to see all of you sometime soon and for sure at the Big Barn Dance!

Thank you, friends!

– Michael Hearne

History

The Big Barn Dance started out as informal Saturday night neighborhood two-steppin’ parties near Taos, New Mexico. Every couple of weeks all summer long during the 1990s, an authentic mountain country barn dance took off under the stars at Casa de Caballos Ranch in Des Montes, up the road from Taos. Michael’s band, South X Southwest, showed up with various friends and musical colleagues to pick, play and dance ’til the wee hours. Folks just kept coming, and the summer barn dances became a beloved tradition that music lovers and two-steppers looked forward to year after year.

For a decade afterwards, the Big Barn Dance was produced at the Old Blinking Light Restaurant and KTAOS Solar Center on Route 150, where the generosity, hospitality, food and fun were the best to be had. We thank Mike and Vee, Nat and Connie, KTAOS, and all the staff and volunteers for many years of wonderful memories.

The Barn Dance has also been held in the alpine beauty of Taos Ski Valley.

Evolving Over Time

Today, Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance Music Festival has transcended to being a premier musical event of the Southwest. Not to be missed, the Big Barn Dance will play out under the sun and stars in Kit Carson Park in the center of the Town of Taos, New Mexico, where Michael hosts a three-day Americana music extravaganza. Come catch your breath in the heart of the magical Sangre de Cristo Mountains the weekend after Labor Day. Stay in Taos and surrounding areas, where you’ll find Native American culture, the arts, fine dining and outdoor recreation.

Michael has maintained a friendship over the years with some of the finest songwriters and bands in the world. True to form, the Big Barn Dance provides a showcase for musical brilliance, allowing audiences an up-close and personal experience with songwriters as they spin tales revealing the creative process and the story behind the song.

The Big Barn Dance Music Festival is a listening room experience in a festival setting that concludes with the Big Barn Dance, so bring your listening ears as well as your happy feet.

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The Biggest Event of the Year!
The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, the White Sands Balloon Invitational Committee and the City

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The Biggest Event of the Year!

The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, the White Sands Balloon Invitational Committee and the City of Alamogordo have partnered to present one of the most anticipated events in Southeastern New Mexico. This is the only time throughout the year that private aircraft can fly over the glistening gypsum dunes at the White Sands National Monument. This unique experience contiguous to the Music Festival has the quality to evolve into an event worthy of attracting major regional and national sponsors and a diverse audience drawn from a large geographic area in the years ahead. Naturally, we need to draw on our local businesses and community leaders for a portion of the financial resources necessary to execute an event of such caliber.

Featuring:

30+ balloons from around the world to include some of the most skilled pilots in the country

The Dates

Friday, September 6thThe 2019 WSBMF will kick off with a Pilot Reception on Friday Evening. This is for the pilots, sponsors and crew ONLY.

Saturday, September 7thBalloons will launch from Ed Brabson Balloon Park and expected launch time is from 7-7:30 a.m. Entry will open at 6:00 a.m. Food vendors will be on site. Balloons are expected to stay up for approximately 3 hours. Attendees will have the option to stay and enjoy vendors or come back for The Music Festival at 2:00 p.m. At approximately 7:00 p.m., the balloons will fire their burners and light up all at the same time to illuminate the night sky. The Festival will end at midnight.

Sunday, September 8thAround 30 balloons are expected to launch from 7 – 7:30 a.m. at the White Sands National Monument. Park entry will open at 6:00 a.m. No vendors or food will be provided at the park. Please be sure to bring your own water. For park rules, please visit https://www.nps.gov/whsa/planyourvisit/index.htm

***All activities are weather-permitting. All stated times are approximate.***

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Come out to see New Mexico restaurants battle it out to decide who has the best green chile cheeseburger this year at the 2019 New Mexico State Fair (agriculture building).

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Come out to see New Mexico restaurants battle it out to decide who has the best green chile cheeseburger this year at the 2019 New Mexico State Fair (agriculture building). There will be a panel of judges to decide, as well as a limited number of public tasters to vote on the People’s Choice Award! This is one challenge you don’t want to miss.

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(Monday) 11:00 am - 3:00 pm MST

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EXPO New Mexico

300 San Pedro Dr. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108

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Taste the TraditionThrough our marketing efforts at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA), we found that strong traditions formed a common thread across all New Mexico agricultural products. Whether it be a salsa, a sopaipilla mix, wine, green chile beef jerky, cheese, blanket woven with New Mexico grown wool, plat stock grown in one of our local nurseries, or seed stock from one of our many cattle ranches from across the state (as well as many others), all agricultural products that are in production today have a history steeped in family traditions that are worth emphasizing, talking about… and even celebrating! This is why NMDA, in 2000, Created the NEW MEXICO — Taste the Tradition and Grown with tradition program. While the main intent of using these logos is a way to promote New Mexico companies’ products and identify them as grown or made in the state, the program has become so much more.shacker@nmda.nmsu.edu

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Come sample New Mexico made beer and wines at the New Mexico State Fair! A New Mexico brewery and winery will be selling drinks in the courtyard of the agriculture

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Come sample New Mexico made beer and wines at the New Mexico State Fair! A New Mexico brewery and winery will be selling drinks in the courtyard of the agriculture building from 3-8 pm. Enjoy music, sample NM beef dishes, and celebrate NM agriculture at the New Mexico State Fair.

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13 (Friday) 3:00 pm - 14 (Saturday) 8:00 pm MST

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EXPO New Mexico

300 San Pedro Dr. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108

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Taste the TraditionThrough our marketing efforts at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA), we found that strong traditions formed a common thread across all New Mexico agricultural products. Whether it be a salsa, a sopaipilla mix, wine, green chile beef jerky, cheese, blanket woven with New Mexico grown wool, plat stock grown in one of our local nurseries, or seed stock from one of our many cattle ranches from across the state (as well as many others), all agricultural products that are in production today have a history steeped in family traditions that are worth emphasizing, talking about… and even celebrating! This is why NMDA, in 2000, Created the NEW MEXICO — Taste the Tradition and Grown with tradition program. While the main intent of using these logos is a way to promote New Mexico companies’ products and identify them as grown or made in the state, the program has become so much more.shacker@nmda.nmsu.edu

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The PASEO is a free, immersive, nighttime art festival that brings installation, projection, and performance art to Taos, New Mexico. The PASEO is unique in Taos thanks to its presentation

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The PASEO is a free, immersive, nighttime art festival that brings installation, projection, and performance art to Taos, New Mexico. The PASEO is unique in Taos thanks to its presentation of art forms that are not often found in galleries: art that does not hang on a wall, art that is participatory and transforms public spaces. Art on view not only engrosses audiences visually and aurally; visitors are invited to touch it, activate it, dance with it, step inside of it. This participatory nature encourages audiences to engage with one another in a communal experience. Each year, the festival welcomes approximately 6,000 visitors over two nights, and approximately 500 local youth participate in its education program. The festival and all programs are offered to the public 100% free of charge.

As it has successfully done for the past five years, the 2019 PASEO festival will activate public spaces of the Taos Historic District over two nights, September 13-14, 2019, from sunset to 11pm. The PASEO 2019 theme is “Connections,” featuring work that celebrates, contemplates, or questions our interactions with each other, nature, or the world. The festival will feature approximately 20 works, ranging from low-tech to new media, but united by their active engagement with the public and with place, whether projecting on Taos’s adobe walls or highlighting its historic acequias. Featured artists will be both local and international, selected through an open call process as well as invitations from the curator, J. Matthew Thomas, guided by an advisory committee with curatorial expertise in public, new media, conceptual, and participatory artwork.

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Pie Town will be hosting their annual Pie Festival on Saturday, September 14. It is a free, family friendly event. There will be a baking contest, live music, a fun

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Pie Town will be hosting their annual Pie Festival on Saturday, September 14. It is a free, family friendly event. There will be a baking contest, live music, a fun run, and lots of pie.

Located in Catron County, Pie Town is just west of the Continental Divide at nearly 8,000 feet elevation. The Pie Town Post Office serves roughly 40 families in town and about 200 families on the surrounding ranches and subdivisions.

A Legacy of Pie

There are several versions of the story about how the town came to be called Pie Town. There may be some discrepancy in dates but these are the basic facts.

In 1922 a veteran of WW I by the name of Clyde Norman filed a 40-acre mining claim called the Hound Pup Load along the route of what would become US 60. Additionally, there was a trail next to his property to drive cattle to a railhead 60 miles to the east in Magdalena. It is called “the Driveway.” US 60 bills itself as the Nation’s first coast-to-coast highway. However, when Clyde Norman settled in the area, “the Driveway” was the more important route ,transporting both sheep and cattle to market.

Norman’s mining claim was not very successful, so he opened a small store to supplement his income. He sold gasoline, kerosene and pies made from dried fruit. Some versions of his story say he first tried selling donuts made by a lady in Datil, but she found out what he was doing, stopped selling to him and told him to make his own. He couldn’t, so he switched to the dried pies he had grown up with in Texas. Other stories say that Norman himself made the pies, but some versions say his teenaged niece did the cooking for him. At any rate, the pies were a hit with the cowboys on the cattle drives who went out of their way to stop at the pie town.

From Mining to Baking

In 1924, Harmon L. Craig bought a half-interest in Pie Town from Norman for “one dollar of good and lawful money and other good and valuable consideration.” The actual deed of sale recorded in the county seal shows that Craig actually paid $700. He got the land, the Hound Pup claim, and two cows with calves. A good deal, either way.

Craig became Pie Town’s leading citizen. He owned the mercantile store, a Chevron service station and garage, a café, and a pinto bean warehouse called “the Beanery.” The Beanery acted as a roller skating rink when beans weren’t being harvested. Most families that settled in Pie Town came from Texas and Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and established homesteads. The bean warehouse provided local homesteaders a way to market their crops. Dry farming pinto beans was a good deal in the ‘30s and 1940s. Mr. Craig helped these families by selling land below market value, and by making loans with no collateral and no interest.

When it came time to establish a post office for the town the Postmaster General thought Pie Town was not an appropriate name. However, local citizens insisted that was the only acceptable name. So Pie Town stuck.

Then and Now

In 1940, Farm Security Administration photographer Russell Lee took an extensive set of photographs of Pie Town, including some using the new Kodachrome color film. Those photographs are in the National Archives.

Today’s residents of Pie Town still have the sense of community and self-sufficiency that sustained the earlier settlers. They enjoy a unique tranquility of living in a place where you can still see the Milky Way.

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The Grant County Fair is one of the many county fairs around the country that support

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The Grant County Fair is one of the many county fairs around the country that support and showcase agriculture. The fair highlights the exhibition and competition of the best domestic products of our area. Ribbons, plaques and trophies are awarded in a wide variety of categories such as livestock, jams and jellies, handicrafts and baked goods. The Rodeo and muscial entertainment along with other attractions are also part of the week-long celebration. There is something for everyone.

The most important aspect of the fair is teaching youth production skills through competition. Then, demonstrating these values to our community. Our youth learn the value of hard work, business and skills that will help them succeed throughout their lives. The fair in turn showcases the result of the youth’s hard work and dedication to their animals and other agricultural endeavors that make our country what it is.

Cliff-Gila Fair Association

The first Cliff-Gila Fair was held on a Saturday in the fall of 1948. It was originally going to be held in Silver City near where the race track was built in Arenas Valley(then known as Whiskey Creek). Enthusiasm for this idea waned and a partnership developed to have a county fair in Cliff sponsored by the Farm Bureau, Cliff School and the County Extension Service.

The Great Rock Wall at the Cliff School became the center piece for the first gathering of the fair. Here, temporary livestock pens were set up as well as 4-H exhibits. The women from the Farm Bureau and women in the valley provided lunch, which was served on the rock wall. In later years, fair-goers used the rock wall for seating after purchasing a barbeque lunch made by the Lions Club of Silver City.

As the years passed, a livestock barn was built. This barn originally housed the swine, sheep, cattle, the show/sales ring, and under the bleachers, pens for rabbits and poultry. The Cliff School gym and several other rooms were used for the other exhibits.

Rebranded as the Grant County Fair

The fair continued to grow. The old rodeo arena was torn down and a new one was constructed in its present location. The rabbit and poultry barn was added at the south end of the livestock barn. After the rabbit/poultry barn, the steer barn and sales ring were added followed by the dance slab, RV park and the new exhibit building.

In 2012, a mini tornado severely damaged the livestock barn. It was torn down and replaced with the new livestock barn. This now houses the rabbits, poultry, swine and steers.

The fair has continued to survive with dedicated volunteers trying to provide a location for the area youth to exhibit their agricultural projects, 4-H and FFA projects and school exhibits. The fair also encourages adults to exhibit their crafts, baking and other acomplishments.

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The 15th Annual Gila River Festival

The Gila Conservation Coalition hosts the 15th annual Gila River Festival September 19-22, 2019 in Silver City, NM, the Gila National Forest and along the Gila River.

The 2018 Gila River Festival featured expert-led field trips to the Gila River and Gila National Forest, focusing on local cultural and natural history, such as archaeology, rock art, birding, and more.

On-line registration for the 2019 Gila River Festival opens July 1, 2019.

About the Gila River Festival

The Gila River Festival is the Southwest’s premier nature festival, bringing people together to celebrate New Mexico’s last wild river. Established in 2005, the Gila River Festival is an annual event that celebrates New Mexico’s last free-flowing river and its important role as the centerpiece in our region’s natural and cultural heritage. The festival provides a diversity of opportunities for participants to experience and learn about the natural and cultural history of the area through the arts, humanities and natural sciences. The festival is designed to foster a deeper understanding of the Gila River as we explore annual program themes through expert-led field trips and workshops, lectures by scientists, authors, historians, and conservationists, and programming in the visual and performing arts, film, music, and dance.

Mission

The Gila River Festival’s mission is to educate and engage diverse audiences in the natural and cultural heritage of the Gila River and its watershed through an annual multi-disciplinary nature festival. Our goal it to provide enriching opportunities for participants to experience the Gila River first hand and from diverse perspectives, creating a deeper intimacy with the river and a strong sense of place.

Location | Silver City, New Mexico

Based in Silver City, New Mexico, the gateway to the Gila Wilderness — America’s first wilderness area. A variety of expert-guided field trips will be available to bring you unforgettable experiences of the 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest and the Gila River, New Mexico’s last wild river. Silver City has a vibrant historic downtown and thriving art community. A wide variety of lodging options is available.

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The Mission of the Taos Fall Arts Festival is to celebrate the visual arts and artists in Taos County, to encourage the growth of emerging artists, and to create

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The Mission of the Taos Fall Arts Festival is to celebrate the visual arts and artists in Taos County, to encourage the growth of emerging artists, and to create an event where our artists can come together to exhibit and market their works for the delight and appreciation of the larger community.

Nestled amongst breathtaking vistas, blanketed under luminous skies, and steeped in an enticing blend of cultural diversity, Taos has inspired artists for over a century and risen to prominence as a world class art destination. Each autumn, both locals and visitors gather in anticipation of the Taos Fall Arts Festival (TFAF), an opportunity to experience and celebrate all the artists of Taos.

The 2019 festival will take place September 20 through September 29, 2019.

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¡Globalquerque! Schedule
The following artists will perform at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for ¡Globalquerque! 2019 (Sept. 20-21). Performances will take place on three stages,

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¡Globalquerque! Schedule

The following artists will perform at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for ¡Globalquerque! 2019 (Sept. 20-21). Performances will take place on three stages, all located at the NHCC (1701 4th St SW, at Avenida César Chávez). Enjoy the intimate courtyard setting of the Fountain Courtyard, the state of the art 692-seat Albuquerque Journal Theatre and dance outside on the Plaza Mayor.

Grounds open at 4 PM and performances start at 6:20 PM (Friday)/6 PM (Saturday) and run until at least 11:40 PM. The Global Village will be open into the night. There will also be FREE day programming on Saturday for families and adults, including workshops on music and folklore, crafts, and live performances. Visit the Global Fiesta page for more info.

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Picacho Mountain Outdoor Festival
The Picacho Mountain Outdoor Festival is an event to promote the great outdoor amenities within the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks Monument. This Festival will be the

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Picacho Mountain Outdoor Festival

The Picacho Mountain Outdoor Festival is an event to promote the great outdoor amenities within the Organ Mountain Desert Peaks Monument. This Festival will be the anchor for the month long Monuments to Main Street Celebration in September.

The event was born out of the vision of developers Bob and Karen Pofahl to sculpt a community into the desert landscape adjacent to the 13,000 acre Picacho Peak National Recreation Area. The goal was to create a community that preserved the natural open space and provided residents and the community easy access to the great outdoor amenities surrounding Picacho Peak.